Matthew 19

¹And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

²And great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

³And the Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?'

⁴And he answered and said to them, Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

⁵and he said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?

⁶So that they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.

⁷They say to him, 'Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?'

⁸He says to them that because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

⁹And I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery; and the one who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

¹⁰His disciples say to him, If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is not advantageous to marry.

¹¹But he said to them, 'Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.'

¹²For there are eunuchs who were born so from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.

¹³Then little children were brought to him, that he might lay his hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴But Jesus said, Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of the heavens.

¹⁵And having laid his hands on them, he departed from there.

¹⁶And behold, one came to him and said, Good teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

¹⁸He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness,

¹⁹Honor your father and mother, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

²⁰The young man says to him, 'All these I have kept from my youth; what do I still lack?'

²¹Jesus said to him, If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.

²²But when the young man heard this word, he went away grieving; for he had many possessions.

²³And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you that a rich man will with difficulty enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

²⁴And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁵And when the disciples heard this, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?

²⁶But Jesus, looking at them, said to them, 'With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

²⁷Then Peter answered and said to him, Behold, we have left everything and followed you; what then will there be for us?

²⁸But Jesus said to them, 'Truly I say to you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'

²⁹And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

³⁰But many who are first will be last, and the last first.